Last week I had a patient state that she was getting over a sinus infection, possibly hardly worse than a cold. Her family doc had put her on antibiotics. On the day of surgery she did not feel bad – … Continue reading
Swelling after tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery
Ahhh, where do I begin? Lower abdominal swelling after an abdominoplasty occurs in every patient – the degree to which it is observable or becomes a problem varies greatly. A basic principal is – the fatter or thicker your tummy skin … Continue reading
The Doctor is Sick but her Patients will not Suffer
A lot of people have asked me why I haven’t been able to blog about anything lately. That is because my personal problems far outweighed my patient-generated ones. My father was a family physician and my original inspiration for going … Continue reading
DRIVING and BREAST AUGMENTATION
I love to see a patient drive to her first breast augmentation post-op visit, ususally on POD #2. That tells me she is doing well, pain is under control, we probably have no complications. HAVE NO DOUBT, however, that driving … Continue reading
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Tuberous Breasts
It’s kind of sad when you have breasts that just don’t compliment your body, and it’s even more sad when your breasts do not have an optimal shape, and in fact are TUBEROUS. Tuber, or like a gourd, refers to … Continue reading
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EXERCISE AFTER BILATERAL BREAST AUGMENTATION
I was the worst after my first breast augmentation. I really wanted to get back to exercising. Maybe that is why I got such BAD capsular contracture after the first round, and NONE after the second. In general, any good … Continue reading
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Protect the patient and the plastic surgeon
I have had to institute a number of actions to protect the patient’s interests and my own. First, we like to make it hard to schedule, and hard to cancel. I really don’t want patients who quickly agree to surgery, … Continue reading
Labiaplasty Part II
In general, the female perineum, which includes the vulva (labia majora and minora, and clitoris), perineal body (muscle between the vagina and anus), the vagina, and the anus, should look “normal” to a woman. Enlargement or stretching of any … Continue reading
Labiaplasty Part I
On some level, the aesthetic appearance of the female genitalia deserves as much consideration as the aesthetic appearance of any other part of the body. Unlike the treatises that have been published on the principals of breast, eyelid and facial … Continue reading
Plastic surgery and anesthesia
The kind of anesthesia and how smoothly the patient moves through it can either make or break a good plastic surgery operation and its final result. When I had a rhinoplasty in 1985, one year before I got pregnant with … Continue reading
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Radiance Plastic Surgery
Main Office:
701 Boyce Road
at Washington Pike
Bridgeville, Pennsylvania 15017
Ph: (877) 441-0639
Ohio Valley Medical Building
Branch Office:
27 Heckel Road, Suite 206
McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania 15136
Board Certification
Dr. Lori Cherup is board certified and a member of the following organizations.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Board of Plastic Surgery, American College of Surgeons, and American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons